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Posts by BebopWeBop
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GlaxoSmithKline ditches IR35 contractors: Go PAYE or go home
Contractor organisations are insisting the Tory government sticks to promises to revisit IR35 reforms
Ho Ho Ho (season appropriate), if by any sparrow farts chance of them following an election pledge, revisited can be ticked off by looking at the front page of the regs and throwing them in the out tray marked "NO FURTHER ATTENTION".
Ever wonder how hackers could possibly pwn power plants? Here are 54 Siemens bugs that could explain things
Attention! Very important science: Tapping a can of fizzy beer does... absolutely nothing
Revealed: NHS England bosses meet with tech and pharmaceutical giants to discuss price list of millions of Brits' medical data
Tesla has a smashing weekend: Model 3 on Autopilot whacks cop cars, Elon's Cybertruck demolishes part of LA
We're not trying to be rude here but... there's an ice giant stripping down, emitting gas as it orbits a hot white dwarf
Brian Eno's latest composition: A giant Christmas card with Julian Assange on it
We've found it... the last shred of human decency in an IT director – all for a poxy Unix engineer
Oracle finally responds to wage discrimination claims… by suing US Department of Labor
Bose customers beg for firmware ceasefire after headphones fall victim to another crap update
Re: thank god.....
Well all of the evidence on gearing loss does support my contention. You might have noties that live concerts have a different vibe from sitting ion in front of your speakers or listening through headphones, including faults and distortion, not to mention an audience and neighbours. You are not comparing like with like - two recordings on different playback equipment and participation - which explains my love for my (old and when new, expensive turntable). I enjoy the turntable, but I am not fooling myself - at least conciously.
Re: thank god.....
Many (certainly most) people with money - the over 40s really don't have the ears to distinguish unless the sound is distorted enough to make it obvious. Eyes however are better at distinguishing and brand with perceived value/cost makes more of a difference. Having said that I do love my turntable :-)
It woz The Reg wot won it! Big Blue iron relics make it back to Blighty
Second time lucky: Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation
UK public sector IT chiefs shrug off breach threats: The data we hold isn't that important
Brexit bad boy Arron Banks' Twitter account hacked: Private messages put online
Pack your bags, you're going to America, Lord Chief Justice tells accused Brit hacker
'Literally a paperweight': Bose users fume at firmware update that 'doesn't fix issues'
Uncle Sam prepping order to extradite ex-Autonomy boss Mike Lynch from the UK
Re: Consistency Is The Hobgoblin Of Small Minds
No verdict yet I believe. Given reporting (in the Reg and others, as well as the specialised legal press) it looked more likely than not that Lynch will not be hauled over the coals on the charges that HP levelled, and one assumes this will give him some confidence (sans a Johnson spaff up to placate the US) to put two fingers up at an extradition request.
It seems that the verdict from a number of lawyers reviewing the material and testimony (many wishing they had been lucky enough to get the briefs) that a verdict of "plagues on both your houses" would be appropriate for HP and Lynch.
Welcome to cultured meat – not pigs reading Proust but a viable alternative to slaughter
Judge shoots down Trump admin's efforts to allow folks to post shoddy 3D printer gun blueprints online
I've had it with these motherflipping eggs on this motherflipping train
Facebook iOS app silently turns on your phone camera. Ah, relax – it's just a bug, lol!?
Uber CEO compares pedestrian death to murder of Saudi journalist, saying all should be forgiven
Gas-guzzling Americans continue to shun electric vehicles as sales fail to bother US car market
Re: Electricity in the USA
But the perception of the cutely labelled 'range anxiety' plays a large part in people decisions - even in the UK. I certainly get asked about how worried I am of running out of power as one of the first questions (if anyone is interested enough to comment. At abiut 300miles per fulk charge it has never concerned me.
Any promises to extend rights of self-employed might win an election, hint Brit freelancer orgs
BT launches all-singing converged 5G product for... oof... £58 a month
Re: I’ll believe it when I see it.
True - to some extent. They also wanted rights over the distribution of a lot of online media (think Netflix before Netflix) and the discussions were related to that as a market distortion factor - which may well have been true but then we don't have universal fibre now anyway so the marketplace has not done a great deal of good. In hindsight BTs agreement to do it (if they could be trusted) might have been a better way to wet national infrastructure into place.